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Distributed systems

Also known as distributed computer, distributed systems is a collection of computers that act, work, and appear as one large computer. There are several distributed computing projects on the Internet that help work on complex problems by sharing the processing power of millions of different peoples computers. To participate and help these programs often you only need to download a small program that is ran whenever your computer is not being used. Below is a listing of some of these types of programs.
  • Folding@Home - Assist in understanding protein folding, misfolding, and related diseases. Computer Hope has a Folding@Home team, which is ID# 67290. See our Folding@Home stats here.
  • GIMPS - Project to help locate Mersenne primes.
  • SETI@home - Assist in the search for other life in the universe.

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